Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-19 Thread Joe Rinehart
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Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-19 Thread Joe Rinehart
Andrew, A statement like this means you are not very good at your job. Brian's quite good at his job. I work with him. its a manual process to update and merge changes. Manual within the development branch - there shouldn't be any outstanding conflicts in anything tagged for QA, staging,

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-19 Thread Dave Watts
You'd rather introduce a manual process that can't be auditing, doesn't produce verifiable results, and can be re-run? Perhaps he's a contractor. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Brian Kotek
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Dominic Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no way to automatically migrate a file, with 20 changes and only 2 of them are to go to production. This has to be done manually. You're right, if you have 20 changes to a file and you only want to push 2

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
: RE: SVN in Production /* /*SVN SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN PRODUCTION... /* /*SVN is used to have a revision control system, so that you could roll back /*to a previous version or whatever you need to do. /* /*When it comes to production, why the hell would you install 99% of extra /*space taking codes

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
/*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: Re: SVN in Production /* /*On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: /* SVN SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN PRODUCTION... /* /*I assume you mean 'to deploy code to a production box' ? /*Because as a production RCS it's well known for being utterly solid. /* /* When it comes

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
: Monday, 11 August 2008 7:29 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: Re: SVN in Production /* /*Kym Kovan wrote: /* Looking at some of the responses in the recent thread on SVN v ftp I get /* an impression that some folk are using SVN clients on Production boxes. /* What are people's thoughts

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 6:52 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*Kym, /* /*I was not responding to you directly, if I did not answer your question /*then /*let me ask you this. /* /*If you are tight for HD space, and not everyone is. But what

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
PROTECTED] /*Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 6:59 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*Actually that's not entirely true /* /*And this is one reason I refuse to use subclipse /* /*What you don't see is the processes that can and do run in the background, /*if you run eclipse

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
By committing and updating the file you changed. You don't have to commit/update the entire site. /*-Original Message- /*From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:09 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*And how are you going

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
that is regularly merged to multiple code sets, then write script you can run where you can specify multiple source and destination file. Eric /*-Original Message- /*From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 6:57 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
that branch. Eric /*-Original Message- /*From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:58 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*Sorry, /* /*Maybe I should have stated: /* /*Not even SVN can automatically decide what changes to make live and what

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
, August 11, 2008 8:05 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*For FUCK sake. /* /*I never said anything about merging between SVN repositories. /* /*I fucking said merging code from dev - production, which has nothing to /*do /*with SVN what so ever that is my damn point. /* /*You

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
/*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*You have my curiosity now... /* /*Explain to me how, SVN automation is going to know that I have 4 changes /*and /*only 3 of these are going to need to go to production. /* /*Not that it is going to change for me, I need to log into a VPN

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
are unnecessary. If you add a developer to the mix, it is easy to break out new branches to accommodate. Eric /*-Original Message- /*From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:56 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*Yes, but can

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
whether that is a versioning system, coding styles, or whatever. Eric /*-Original Message- /*From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 11:07 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*No I was not concerned about HD space, my view is simple

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Roberts
/*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: SVN in Production /* /*Ok, /* /*As you directed the response to me /* /*1) I am not worried about what you think, the reason being is that I have /*clearly stated that on a few occasions everyone is different. /* /*2) Even when I did Coldfusion development full time

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-16 Thread Dominic Watson
. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Dana Kowalski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 August 2008 12:27 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production This thread is kind of heavy handed. My personal opinion with anything

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Scott
Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 16 August 2008 7:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Andrew, your initial point (that you made redundantly clear by way of caps and repetition) was to never use subversion to move code to production. You then make your detailed case

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-16 Thread Dominic Watson
1) I am not worried about what you think, the reason being is that I have clearly stated that on a few occasions everyone is different. Neither me you. You have clearly stated that everyone is different but that no one should ever use SVN in production. I would like to know the concrete reasons

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-15 Thread Andrew Scott
Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Tuesday 12 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: There is a bug in Subclipse, that sees file saving take anything from an extra 2mins upto hours We use Subclipse here, and that simply does not happen. Our mileage clearly varies. -- Tom Chiverton

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-15 Thread Andrew Scott
-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Tuesday 12 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: Not even SVN can automatically decide what changes to make live and what not to make live, between developer changes I dunno, I've heard of systems which auto updated the live environment to the most recent tag which

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-15 Thread Andrew Scott
to most, but it appeared not. -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Dana Kowalski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 August 2008 12:27 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-14 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Tuesday 12 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: There is a bug in Subclipse, that sees file saving take anything from an extra 2mins upto hours We use Subclipse here, and that simply does not happen. Our mileage clearly varies. -- Tom Chiverton

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-14 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Tuesday 12 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: Please don't confuse the topic Tom, and twist what I am saying. I seem to be having some difficultly with your points, so bear with me :-) My point is very simple, so let me spell it out for you again. When using export, that is not actually using

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-14 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Tuesday 12 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: Not even SVN can automatically decide what changes to make live and what not to make live, between developer changes I dunno, I've heard of systems which auto updated the live environment to the most recent tag which matches a patten (i.e.

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-14 Thread Dana Kowalski
This thread is kind of heavy handed. My personal opinion with anything like this is your mileage will vary. There are simply too many factors to heavy hand a this is the only way to do it. Everyones configurations, staff, resources, technical knowledge etc etc vary. You use what works, simple

RE: SVN in Production - back to the original question

2008-08-12 Thread Andrew Scott
doesn't work. -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: denstar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 3:21 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production - back to the original

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-12 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Andrew Scott wrote: Don't put words into my mouth. I was not aware I did so. Perhaps you could quote me? As for xml changes that are not related to your source code is generally handled by daily backups anyway, and most people prefer that as it can put the machine into a state quicker than

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-12 Thread Andrew Scott
:-( Took me to literal.. -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 4:17 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-12 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Brian Kotek wrote: All of this can (and should) be automated with ANT. That means at the click of my mouse I can execute the entire deployment process in exactly the same way every single time. That might mean: - Zip the current code, timestamp it, and copy it to a back folder for easy

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-12 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Andrew Scott wrote: There is no way to automatically merge changes, I mean even SVN can't do that between developers and its a manual process to update and merge changes. That is correct. Which is why it is a best practice to always tag your code and deploy a tag. Deployment scripts should

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-12 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Andrew Scott wrote: Or in a more common example, as most Coldfusion developers are single team developers. The client has requested a complete change to their system, when finished he approved 60% of the changes and wants them to go live right now. I can't just export now can I? So again I

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-12 Thread denstar
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:56 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: :-( Yes, I understand about commit early and commit often. But I don't see how that solves the problem? That really has nothing to do with branches, though does it? Well I guess a real-world example would be, what, 4 tickets, 3 of which are

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-12 Thread Brian Kotek
Sure, that makes perfect sense Jochem. I was just outlining how I've done this and how I think most people would probably approach it. Obviously you need to do it in the way that makes sense for your application and your environment. Whatever the steps involved, the key is to make it as automatic

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-12 Thread Brian Kotek
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Jochem van Dieten [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: That is correct. Which is why it is a best practice to always tag your code and deploy a tag. Deployment scripts should not do merging, they should only deploy what has already been merged, tagged and tested. Thanks,

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Joeri B
You need to delete those SVN dir's with a script. Hello, Looking at some of the responses in the recent thread on SVN v ftp I get an impression that some folk are using SVN clients on Production boxes. What are people's thoughts on this? Is it a security risk, is it dangerous in some other

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Joeri B
You need to delete those SVN dir's with a script. mbcomms BTW: I still prefer using DIFF in combination with FTP... But I am a lonely guy, if you search with deploy web app on google it's all SVN nowadays. ~| Adobe®

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
SVN SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN PRODUCTION... SVN is used to have a revision control system, so that you could roll back to a previous version or whatever you need to do. When it comes to production, why the hell would you install 99% of extra space taking codes and indexes to a production server?

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Joeri B
clear statement, I'll use that in my meeting with the boss :) SVN SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN PRODUCTION... SVN is used to have a revision control system, so that you could roll back to a previous version or whatever you need to do. When it comes to production, why the hell would you install 99% of

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
, 11 August 2008 7:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production clear statement, I'll use that in my meeting with the boss :) SVN SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN PRODUCTION... SVN is used to have a revision control system, so that you could roll back to a previous version or whatever you need to do

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Kym Kovan wrote: Looking at some of the responses in the recent thread on SVN v ftp I get an impression that some folk are using SVN clients on Production boxes. What are people's thoughts on this? Is it a security risk, is it dangerous in some other way, or is it a bad thing because of all

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 7:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Kym Kovan wrote: Looking at some of the responses

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: SVN SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN PRODUCTION... I assume you mean 'to deploy code to a production box' ? Because as a production RCS it's well known for being utterly solid. When it comes to production, why the hell would you install 99% of extra space

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Joeri B
Yes, indeed. With a diff ( I want to use free commander with Winmerge) tool, you SEE the changes going live. I point that one out in a previous post. I work on a large project in a existing application which I check-in constantly (Backup purpose and team work) , but doesn't need to go live.

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Robert Rawlins
is when its test and ready as a release candidate. -Original Message- From: Joeri B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 August 2008 10:58 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Yes, indeed. With a diff ( I want to use free commander with Winmerge) tool, you SEE the changes going live

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: The latter should never be an issue, or even considered. Anyone who makes changes to production and not in a development environment shouod be hung out to dry or better still beaten with a stick until you realise that development is what it means.

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 7:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
then good luck to you. -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Joeri B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 7:58 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Yes, indeed

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Robert Rawlins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 8:09 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SVN in Production This is an interesting conversation, I've been using

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
about it for a minute -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 8:09 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Kym Kovan
Andrew Scott wrote: ... snip If you checkout it might be a copy of the current index from svn, but that is still and let me repeat myself this is still double your storage space if in a shared environment where space is an issue. Andrew, that is a major step back from your earlier

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Robert Rawlins
You're an extremely aggressive individual aren't you Andrew? -Original Message- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 August 2008 12:15 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SVN in Production DO NOT ASSUME WHAT I HAVE DONE OR NOT DONE I have not only been there, but that was 10

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Kym Kovan
Andrew Scott wrote: I could create an image, this image could be used for 10 different sites and slight changes to each version, but it is only relevant to one of my clients. I would not be making that an export from SVN because you will end up with images that do not belong to the project

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: If you feel it works for you then continue, but let me tell you this. Move outside of coldfusion and use those same approaches you will be not only scoldered. But I would say you might become an outcast to boot I dunno, I bet the PHP folks are

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Kym Kovan wrote: intermediate server to import it into SVN and then checked it out to the test server and then ran some file sync tools to the Production boxes which are FTP distance away. It took over an hour to say no difference! That's one of the great steps SVN

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
Kym, I was not responding to you directly, if I did not answer your question then let me ask you this. If you are tight for HD space, and not everyone is. But what good would it be too actually have .svn files on your production server? If it doesn't need to be required to run, then it doesn't

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Andrew Scott wrote: I could create an image, this image could be used for 10 different sites and slight changes to each version, but it is only relevant to one of my clients. I would not be making that an export from SVN because you will end up

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
much longer :-( -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 9:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Monday 11

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Kym Kovan
Tom Chiverton wrote: On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Kym Kovan wrote: intermediate server to import it into SVN and then checked it out to the test server and then ran some file sync tools to the Production boxes which are FTP distance away. It took over an hour to say no difference! That's one of

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Tom Chiverton wrote: On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Kym Kovan wrote: intermediate server to import it into SVN and then checked it out to the test server and then ran some file sync tools to the Production boxes which are FTP distance away. It took over

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Andrew Scott wrote: What Do you mean by repo - server and server - repo? The latter should never be an issue, or even considered. Anyone who makes changes to production and not in a development environment shouod be hung out to dry or better still beaten with a stick until you realise that

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Kym Kovan
Andrew Scott wrote: And how are you going to migrate small changes in a midst of other changes? Good response Andrew to my question, just what I wanted. Unfortunately your response is top-replied with your signature as well, with its correct --, so in Thunderbird my question below that is

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: And this is one reason I refuse to use subclipse will show you that svn can be contacted and updated without your knowledge, how else do you know if there are changes to the code... That's a good thing. I want my RCS updated when I delete or

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: secure you have your code base open to the whole world when and if it is hacked. With the vast majority of ColdFusion deployments, that's the case anyway. The default JRun connector for Adobe's engine still runs the .cfm files from inside the .svn

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Kotek
I disagree completely. There's absolutely nothing wrong with using SVN in production for deployment. Beyond Compare? It's a great program...but using it to deploy code? The idea makes me shudder. In fact, doing anything manual related to code deployment makes me shudder. There are easy ways

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Kym Kovan wrote: Yes, and that lends me to the thought that the best scenario for our particular problem would be to have an exported copy on each production box (yes, they are clustered) and use a standard diff tool from there to flip the changes over to the actual production site. I can

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread denstar
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:25 AM, Kym Kovan wrote: So our problem is how to push out changes to the Production boxes in a sensible fashion and hence our question that has raised such ire amongst one person at least :-) I haven't been watching this thread too close, but... SVN has

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 10:23 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Andrew Scott wrote: What Do you mean by repo - server and server - repo? The latter should never be an issue, or even considered. Anyone who makes

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
: Monday, 11 August 2008 11:05 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Andrew Scott wrote: And how are you going to migrate small changes in a midst of other changes? Good response Andrew to my question, just what I wanted. Unfortunately your response is top-replied with your signature

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 August 2008 11:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: And this is one reason I

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
: Monday, 11 August 2008 11:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Monday 11 Aug 2008, Andrew Scott wrote: of dev - QA - production and then at least, once made live if the changes Uh huh. We then use SVN make sure what was QA'ed and tested is exactly the same as what was deployed

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Dave Watts
Don't put words into my mouth. I don't see anyone putting words into your mouth. Jochem simply mentioned that some people use revision control systems for things other than application source code. That is certainly true, even if you don't do that yourself. As for xml changes that are not

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
: SVN in Production I disagree completely. There's absolutely nothing wrong with using SVN in production for deployment. Beyond Compare? It's a great program...but using it to deploy code? The idea makes me shudder. In fact, doing anything manual related to code deployment makes me shudder

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
but is not ideal to about 98% of people. -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: denstar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 7:36 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:12 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SVN in Production Don't put words into my mouth. I don't see anyone

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread denstar
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: Brian... A statement like this means you are not very good at your job. Hey, we're all learning and whatnot, Andrew, cut the man some slack! :-) There is no way to automatically merge changes, I mean even SVN can't do that between

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Kotek
-Original Message- From: Brian Kotek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 12:01 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production I disagree completely. There's absolutely nothing wrong with using SVN in production for deployment. Beyond Compare? It's a great program...but using

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread denstar
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: Kym, Think of an Application has being something that more than one client could have. Then think about their requirements, and how it might differ to another client. I'm not sure if I should go into it, but-- You're doing it wrong.

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Dave Watts
Don't quote something out of context. I deliberately removed that before replying, so you assumed that I was talking about that now? I am well aware what SVN is, and anyone who has read the documentation would know that without a doubt now wouldn't they? I don't see any reason to doubt

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Kotek
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:23 PM, denstar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: Brian... A statement like this means you are not very good at your job. Hey, we're all learning and whatnot, Andrew, cut the man some slack! :-) Thanks Den. :-) But

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: Brian... A statement like this means you are not very good at your job. Hey, we're all learning and whatnot, Andrew, cut the man some slack! :-) There is no way

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread denstar
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Brian Kotek wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:23 PM, denstar wrote: Hey, we're all learning and whatnot, Andrew, cut the man some slack! :-) Thanks Den. :-) But believe me, you don't have to defend me to Andrew. At all. Oh, snap! =] Didn't mean to imply

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread denstar
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: Not even SVN can automatically decide what changes to make live and what not to make live, between developer changes If you've got things organized the right way, it's pretty easy. You do need to make use of tags and revision numbers

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
Kotek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production I never said you would automatically handle merge changes. If you are merging, then you do that in the repository and tag the merged file set before you perform the deployment. That has

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
- From: denstar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:35 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: Kym, Think of an Application has being something that more than one client could have. Then think about

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:44 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SVN in Production Don't quote something out of context. I deliberately removed that before replying, so you assumed that I was talking about that now? I am well aware what SVN is, and anyone who has read the documentation would

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Peddle
Lighten up Andrew. You have been in attack mode from your first response. It is obvious you have strong opinions on the topic, but responding like you have been does nothing to educate the people here who may not have an opinion yet and are trying to learn something from these threads. Andrew

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
-Original Message- From: denstar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 11:03 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: . As stated, if I have 2 changes one has to go live and the other is not ready. Another

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Dave Watts
Maybe I am not understanding you now. At this point, perhaps neither of us is making much sense to the other right now. This is my signal to take the rest of the night off! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Kym Kovan
Andrew Scott wrote: You have my curiosity now... Explain to me how, SVN automation is going to know that I have 4 changes and only 3 of these are going to need to go to production. Andrew, I think the point being made is that if you have 4 changes they should be in 4 branches or something

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production Andrew Scott wrote: You have my curiosity now... Explain to me how, SVN automation is going to know that I have 4 changes and only 3 of these are going to need to go to production. Andrew, I think the point being made is that if you have 4 changes

Re: SVN in Production - back to the original question

2008-08-11 Thread Kym Kovan
It seems I started something by asking if I was understanding some folk's practices correctly. Actually I just asked a question, someone else started something :^) Meanwhile I filled in a few details of an issue we have with this new client need with their monster site and in amongst all of

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Kym Kovan
Andrew Scott wrote: Kym, Which is why I painted the scenario of this, and I will repeat it again because it seems to be getting lost in translation. yes, yours Andrew. The original question came up because you stated that you could not send out 3 of 4 changes. In one of the many replies

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Kotek
. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Brian Kotek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production I never said you would automatically handle merge changes. If you are merging

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
that the minimal the better. -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: Kym Kovan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 12:52 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production

Re: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread denstar
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: You have my curiosity now... Explain to me how, SVN automation is going to know that I have 4 changes and only 3 of these are going to need to go to production. Kym pretty much explained what I was getting at, changing your style. There's

Re: SVN in Production - back to the original question

2008-08-11 Thread denstar
With gigs of data, and it's possible, something incremental seems like a good idea. A nice bit about SVN (and some other version control systems) is the binary difference stuff, so only the changes are transmitted, not the entire file. Sweet for large data files, neh? I'm thinking a nice setup

RE: SVN in Production

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Scott
Message- From: denstar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 2:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SVN in Production On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: You have my curiosity now... Explain to me how, SVN automation is going to know that I have 4 changes and only